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Editorial: As the climate crisis deepens, high-polluting nations must start paying reparations
The wealthy countries that are most responsible for greenhouse gas pollution must compensate the poorer nations that bear the greatest burden.
Opinion: Here’s what a climate action should look like
Climate disorder won’t be remedied through an orderly march of green energy. The world must also rein in consumption.
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U.S. isolated on loss and damage
The United States is now seen as the biggest obstacle to what poor countries want most out of these talks — a new fund dedicated to help them bounce back from climate disasters.
U.N. climate talks off to tense start as nations feud over damages
Leaders demanded at U.N. climate talks, or COP27, that wealthy nations spend vastly more to help vulnerable populations adjust to a warming planet.
How climate lawsuits could sharpen Cop27 loss and damage talks
The floodgates of litigation feared by wealthy nations have now well and truly been opened – as a result of international inaction rather than action.
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Nations agree to curb emissions from flying by 2050
The agreement, years in the making, is a milestone in the effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from airplanes worldwide.
South Africa to get $8.5 billion to shift from coal to renewables
Developing nations have long said they need aid from wealthy countries to shift to renewable energy. South Africa may show how that would work in practice.
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